Free Straw Bale building internship applications open
Clay plastering workshop for EBUKI
A couple of shots from our clay plaster workshop at EBUKI’s ‘clayfest’ event.
Great to meet so many fantastic people, it really was an honour.
Earth floor top coat
This week we poured the top coat of earth floor on our current project.
Celebrating craft – Owen Jones basket maker
Published on 7 Jul 2016 The first in a series of films, creating portraits of artists and makers and their craft.
This instalment shows Owen Jones, an Oak Swill Basket Weaver based near Kendal, in the Lake District.
Avoiding interviews, music or narration, these films form portraits of individuals and demonstrate their skill and mastery of their chosen craft.
EBUKI – Annual Conference
CONFERENCE
Agrarian Earth: Earth Building’s relationship with land, tenure and society
Date: 22nd July 2016
Location: Burgh-By-Sands Village Hall
Ticket Price: £125 (Professional), £100 (Standard), £75 (Low wage / Student / unemployed)
Parking: At Village hall / Village green / Pub
Speakers
SBUK – Straw-bale Building UK is now accepting founder members
It’s been a lot of hard work, but we are finally accepting founder members to SBUK. We are a society of straw bale builders and enthusiasts who are clubbing together to push forward the acceptance, popularity and quality of straw bale building in the UK.
I am exceedingly proud to be SBUK’s secretary and a founder member.
Lloyd Kahn – Fifty Years of Natural Building – Fife Contemporary Art & Craft
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Learn clay plastering with me at EBUKI’s Clayfest
I will be teaching clay plastering along with Rebecca Reid.
Focussing on how you can go from site soil, to on the wall! How to test the soil in your garden, then how to amend it to be the perfect plaster mix. Plus lots of plastering tips.
Other fantastic workshops include – rammed earth, turf walling, cay dabbin (cob) and historic repair. So why not make a week of it and come to more than one course?
The final day is the annual Earth Building UK & Ireland conference with lots of interesting speakers lined up.
Full details here: http://www.ebuk.uk.com/clayfest-2016/
Community Rebuilds Straw bale internship – Utah
Community Rebuilds is a fantastic organisation operating in Utah and Colorado.
They replace dilapidated housing with super efficient straw bale homes, and use the build as a free training tool.
I built two houses with community rebuilds as an intern and as an apprentice/instructor. It truly shaped my future… and I had a lot of fun!
There are still spaces available for the upcoming builds, so if you think spending 4 months building a house for a low income family, in the most stunning scenery, with the most incredible people, sounds like fun… go here: http://www.communityrebuilds.org/internshipprograms.html
